Ebay Gets Into Postal Service, or USPS Gets Into Online Auctions – Which Is It?
Here’s an interesting item which came across Aunty’s desk this morning – somehow this feels like the line between churc..er…eBay and state is being crossed: WASHINGTON, June 20 — Quick, easy, convenient — and effective. That’s all customers need to know about eBay and the United States Postal Service. eBay…
Pennsylvania State Senate Republicans To Offer Weekly ‘Podcast’
Those whacky Pennsylvania legislators sure are hip!: HARRISBURG, Pa., June 20 — State Senate Majority Leader David J. Brightbill (R-Lebanon) announced today that the Senate Republican Caucus has begun offering a weekly “podcast” on its website to expand its coverage of news affecting the lives of Pennsylvanians. The first program,…
Clever or Never? Website Honeymoon Register Lets Wedding Guests Pay for Honeymoon
Ok, now Aunty can’t quite decide whether this is just too tacky for words, or a clever twist on the old bridal registry. This new website allows the wedding couple to register for their honeymoon, and lets wedding invitees help pay for the trip. From their press release: “With fairy-tale…
Ever Visit a Porn Site? Even Accidentally? Your Hard Drive Could Be Used as Evidence Against You!
Have you ever visited a porn site, even accidentally? Sure, it really does happen by accident. Heck, it’s happened to me!
Your Checking Account Is Not Safe!
Forget Qchex and other services which let anyone register your checking account and use it. Your monies in your checking account are at risk from a scam far less complicated than even that! That’s right, and your old Aunty discovered it, quite by accident. Today Aunty called up her cell…
FTC Recommends Not Requiring “ADV” In Subject Line of Unsolicitied Commercial Email
One of the things with which the Federal Trade Commission was charged under CAN-SPAM was determining whether and how to implement the requirement of including “ADV” in the subject line of unsolicited email. Now this from the FTC: In a report to Congress required by the Controlling the Assault of…
Feds Set Sights on ISP Records, Vote to Protect Libraries and Book Stores from Patriot Act
The United States House of Representatives has voted to restrict the Patriot Act so that it cannot be used to pry into the library borrowing and book purchasing of U.S. citizens. You would think that this would be a no-brainer – nobody I know wants to live in a state…
Microsoft Admits to Censoring in China
Earlier this week Aunty reported to you that Microsoft was censoring Chinese users of its new Chinese-based web and blogging portal. Today Silicon.com is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed this in an email to Silicon.com, in which Microsoft admits that it does maintain a list of forbidden words and phrases,…
Napster and Sony Ericsson Partner to Bring Downloadable Music to Your Cell Phone
Flexible Digital Music Platform Designed For All Mobile Carriers, Handsets from Multiple Manufacturers and PC Interoperability LOS ANGELES, CA, and STOCKHOLM, Sweden – (June 15, 2005) – Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, and Ericsson, the world’s leading telecommunications supplier, announced today a global partnership to offer the first…
ISP Not Responsible for Policing Zombies Says Jury of ITs Peers
A mock trial, in which ISPs were sued for damage done by a zombie network to a few fictitious companies’ business and financial interests, found that a jury of IT professionals overwhelmingly held the opinion that the ISPs were not responsible for the damage flowing from their networks via the…
Pay for Your Parking Meter with Your Cell Phone, Thanks to PayMint!
How many times have you parked at a parking meter, only to find yourself on your hands and knees under the front seat of the car, frantically searching for enough change to fill the meter? Or worse, discovering that you had no change at all? Well, if you live in…
Newest AIM Opanki Worm says “LOL Look at Him”
The newest AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) worm, discovered today, causes targetted AIM users to receive a message, ostensibly from a buddy, which says “LOL, LOOK AT HIM”, and containing a link to a file called “picture.pif”. This worm is considered to be a variation of the Opanki worm. However, that…
June’s Security Updates for Windows Include IE, Outlook and Telnet
The second Tuesday of each month heralds Microsoft’s monthly Security Updates for Windows. This month’s batch includes security updates for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Telnet, and HTML Help, to name a few. The update for Outlook Express affects OE primarily when it is used as a newsgroup reader. In that…
Free American Flags in Honor of Flag Day from AmericanFlag.com
You can get a free American Flag, in honour of Flag Day, from online flag retailer AmericanFlag.com! Here’s their announcement: HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y., June 13 /PRNewswire/ — AmericanFlags.com will offer its website visitors free American Flags all day on Tuesday, June 14th in honor of Flag Day. The U.S. flags…
Don’t Drink and Carry Nude Pictures of Yourself on your Cell Phone
Ah, a fresh entry in our “how to get yourself into trouble with your cell phone” archives, along with videoing yourself having sex and having it turn up in porn shops, and the guy denying a crime involving an AK47 just as his cell phone displayed a photo of him… holding the AK47, and, of course, the ubiquitous upskirting and downblousing,
